—Mattias Kumm, NYU School of Law I. It is an obvious point that the global history of constitutionalism cannot plausibly be told as a simple progress narrative. The French and American Revolutions did not trigger an ineluctable steady march of progress. And the end of the Cold War did not bring about the realization of

—Gráinne de Búrca, NYU School of Law There is nothing quite like becoming co-editor of a journal to prompt reflections on the journal’s identity, its evolution over the dozen years since its founding, and where it might be heading in the future. But what I hadn’t expected was that it would also bring into relief

I·CON Volume 13 Issue 3 Table of Contents Editorial I·CON Keynote Martin Scheinin, The state of our Union: Confronting the future Symposium: The challenge of formal amendment Joel Colón-Ríos, Introduction: The forms and limits of constitutional amendments Vicki C. Jackson, The (Myth of Un-) amendability of the US Constitution and the democratic component of constitutionalism Rosalind

Even at a time of crisis, one can neither forget nor overstate the fundamental contribution of the European construct to the destiny of our continent over the last six decades. In several respects the successes of Europe may have exceeded the boldest expectations of its visionary founders. What seemed at the time no more than

I have invited Ran Hirschl, member of our Editorial Board, to write the Editorial for this issue. His contribution follows below. “Remembrance of Things Past” A couple of years ago in these pages, I published an extended Editorial outlining the analytical and methodological need to move beyond a text- or court-centric comparative constitutional law to

—Michel Rosenfeld, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law This will be the last issue in which Michel Rosenfeld serves as a Founding Co-Editor-in-Chief of I.CON. He has asked to step down after 14 years of distinguished and selfless service to I.CON. Starting from the next issue, he will move on the masthead to a place

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